If there was anyone chomping at the bit for the first day of basketball practice, it was Cullen Neal. After all, the sharpshooter missed most of last season.
Neal received a medical hardship redshirt year after injuring his ankle in the third game of the 2014-15 season. He returned to the court as the Lobos opened practice Friday and was a full-go participant in 5-on-5 drills.
“I was itching all day,” he said before taking the Rudy Davalos Basketball Center practice floor. “I was like, ‘Can I go to the gym now? Can I go to the gym now?